E V A N G R U Z I S

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1979 BFA, Painting, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2002 MFA, Combined Media, Hunter College, New York, 2008

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Real Feelings, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2014 Atavistic Zen, DUVE Berlin, Germany Shell Game, The Suburban, Oak Park, IL. 2013 Strictly Method, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland 2012 Paper View, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI Alpha Wave, DUVE Berlin, Germany 2011 Shadow Work, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY Exotic Beta, The Hole, New York, NY 2010 Rough Boy, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland Dirty Black Summer Revisited, AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece 2009 Quazai, DUVE Berlin, Germany Touch Of Grey, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2008 Dark Systems, Deitch Projects, New York, NY The Dusky Parlour, DUVE Berlin, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 Crossfading, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland 2014 Sha Boogie Bop, Anonymous Gallery, New York, NY Buying Friends: The Ryan Kortman Collection, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI Go With The Flow, The Hole, New York, NY Summer Show, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland Cielo & Tierra, Galeria Impakto, Lima, Peru Silvier, Super Dakota, Brussels, Belgium Combustion, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland 2013 A Study In Midwest Appropriation, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Cisco Sysco Sisqo, La Fonda (Site specific project) Rockaway, NY Current Tendencies III, The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI Jam Session, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland XSTRACTION, The Hole, New York, NY 2012 Art On Paper 2012: The 42nd Exhibition, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC Plantimplant, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany Portrait Of A Generation, The Hole, New York, NY Fine Line, Workshop Gallery, Venice, Italy Behind The Light, Pedro Cera Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal Casas De Empeña, Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico 2011 Pure Logo, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA Dark Vision, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland The Nightstands, Phillips De Pury and Company, New York, NY Art Machine, The Hole, New York, NY New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia Rogue Element, RH+ Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2010 Postermat, The Hole, New York, NY Salad Days, The Journal, Brooklyn, NY The Power of Selection Part 2, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL Not Quite Open For Business, The Hole, New York, NY LOGOS – LOVOS, DUVE Berlin, Germany Never Can Say Goodbye (Site-specific project), No Longer Empty, New York, NY 2009 Burn, Baby, Burn!, DUVE Berlin, Germany Inferno, Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico New York Minute, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy The Black & White Show, Collective Hardware, New York, NY The Open, Deitch Projects, Long Island City, NY Black Hole, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain Good News: UW Alumni Living in NY, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin Better Late Than Never, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY 2008 Off Off Bowery, Colette Gallery, Paris, France Mail Order Monsters, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK Conceptual Figures, Deitch Projects, New York, NY Mail Order Monsters, AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece Dark Fair, presented by the Milwaukee International, The Swiss Institute, New York, NY Performed Identities, Curated by Simon Watson, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY

2007 Painted Objects, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, NY Famous Adults as Children, Famous Children as Adults, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY Journal Drawings, The Journal, New York, NY 2006 School Days, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Delusionarium2, White Box Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Tar Pit Tales, 4-F Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Happy Days are Here Again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Man Walks Into a Room, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS 2011 Gruzis, Evan. Existenstial Crisis: 38 Drawings & 41 Paintings. New York: Anteism. 2011. Monograph. 2010 Gruzis, Evan, and Jaime Schwartz. Evan Gruzis, Quazai. Berlin: DUVE Berlin. 2010. Monograph. 2008 Gruzis, Evan, Mara Hoberman and Joachim Pissarro. Dark Systems. New York: Deitch Projects. 2008. Monograph.

LECTURES 2012 Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Visiting Artist, Milwaukee School of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI 2011 Studio Presentation for Bucknell University, New York, NY 2010 Visiting Artist, The Sotheby’s Institute, New York, NY

INSTRUCTION 2012 Adjunct Professor: Combined Media, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI 2008 Teaching Assistant: Sculpture, Hunter College, New York

BIBLIOGRAPHY 2012 Makarova, Irina. “EMERGING… Evan Gruzis”. Wonderland. April 25, 2012. Web . Nassar, Jordan. “Passive States”. Berlin Art Journal. March 9, 2012. Web . Thorne, James. “Alpha Wave : Ethereal Neon and Abstract Forms in New Work by Evan Gruzis”. Cool Hunting. March 8, 2012. Web . Kim, Catherine. “RxArtTV | Artist Talk: Evan Gruzis”. RxArt Blog. February 2012. Web . 2011 Martin, Forrest. “Evan Gruzis”. Death. Issue #4. November 2011. 6,7,35. Kulig, Curtis. “These Young NYC Artists Are Shaking Things Up”. Paper. November 2011. 71. Boster, Valerie. “Beta Launch”. Vogue. October 2011. Web . Duran, Amy. “In L.A.: Pure Logo @ New Image Art”. Juxtapoz. October 2011. Web . Bill Farrell Agency. “About Last Night…”. Fashion Week Daily. October 2011. Web . Berrie, Nicole. “Psychedelia Down The Hole”. Style. October 2011. Web . Aboutaleb, Britt. “Evan Gruzis Does Denim And Ice”. Elle. October 2011. Web Quine, Oscar. “Exotic Beta: Evan Gruzis”. i-D Magazine. October 2011. Web . Corbett, Rachel. “Deitch Projects Artists: Where Are They Now?” Artnet Magazine. August 2011. Web . Stipanovich, Alexandre. “Studio Visit With Evan Gruzis.” Opening Ceremony. 29 July 2011. Web . Greenberg, Kevin. “The Nightstands.” PIN-UP. Vol 10. Spring / Summer 2011. 151. Khemsurov, Monica. “Studio Visit: Evan Gruzis, Artist.” Sight Unseen. 21 February 2011. Web . 2010 Gruzis, Evan, and Jaime Schwartz. Evan Gruzis, Quazai. Berlin: DUVE Berlin. 2010. Monograph. Elke, Buhr. “Posterboy der anderen Art”. Monopol. June 2010. 50-57. Fukaya, Masayo. “The Journal Gallery: Comment with Evan Gruzis”. Plus Eighty One. Vol. 48. Summer 2010. 22. 2009 Bem, Merel. “Evan Gruzis, Looking at Looking”. Stimul;. Issue No. 4. Fall 2009: 18. Grayson, Kathy, ed. New York Minute: Sixty Artists on the New York Scene. Miami, Fla.: O.H.W.O.W., 2009. 31, 89, 122. Gorin, Andrew. “Deitch Projects Showcases Emerging Artists in Long Island City.” The Huffington Post. 13 September 2009. Web http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew- gorin/deitch-projects-showcases_b_285142.html. Provedel, Stephanie. “Free Style: Evan Gruzis.” Mode-Operatoire. Vol. 7. October 2009. Web . Pulimood, Steve. "Vacation's All He Ever Wanted." Interview Magazine. 19 May 2009 Web.. 2008 Gruzis, Evan, Mara Hoberman and Joachim Pissarro. Dark Systems. New York: Deitch Projects. 2008. Monograph. “Five Artists taking their work to the Forefront of Fine Art.” Plastique. Autumn-Winter 2008: 147. Grayson, Kathy, ed. Mail Order Monsters. New York: Deitch Projects, AMP, Picturebox, 2008. Full color plate. Foster, Carter. “Evan Gruzis.” The Journal. Vol. 22, Spring 2008. 178-185. "Interview - Evan Gruzis." Vice Germany. Mar 2008. Web . 2007 Hurt III, Harry. “Executive Pursuits.” The New York Times, December 15, 2007. Sakuma, Yumiko. “NYC. Not For Tourists | ART.” Esquire Japan. November 2007: 102. Foster, Carter. “Salon.” The Journal Vol. 20, Spring 2007: Mag. Illus. 43, 76. 2006 Benson, Jesse, Jeffery Vallance and Kenney Berger. Delusionarium, p 31, Cat. Illus., Santa Ana: 2006. 2005 Chattopadhyay, Collette. “’Delusionarium 2’ at White Box Gallery” Artweek Jul/Aug 2005: 18-19.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY The Deste Foundation Collection, Athens, Greece CCA Andraxt, Mallorca, Spain The Hort Family Collection, New York, NY The Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY Try-Me Urban Restoration Project Collection, Richmond, VA